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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1949
Page
1
Postmaster Carl L. Campbell reports Winchester receipts for 1948 reached 153 396 dollars, up 12 percent from 1947 and 17 424 dollars more than 1946. He notes an extra Christmas mail rush and higher parcel activity contributed to the increase while airmail stamps remain 6 cents.
Frederick county school board members met for their first 1949 session. A tentative 1949-50 budget was shaped and a joint 2 p.m. meeting with the board of supervisors was set to discuss expenditures and the need for enlarged school quarters next term. Superintendent Leslie D. Kline promised frank discussion to address the situation.
Washington recalls its UN delegate H Merle Cochran for consultation as the United States protests the Netherlands three year dispute actions in Indonesia. Officials say Dutch capture of Indonesian Republic leaders hampered peace efforts of the Committee of Good Offices.
In 1879 trains of the Shenandoah Valley railroad stopped at a wooded intersection and named the new stop Boyceville. Col Upton Lawrence Boyce, tied to Joseph Tuley, helped found the town later incorporated in 1910 with George W. Harrison as first mayor. The area once spanned 232 acres from five farms now owned by local individuals and estates. The Shenandoah Valley line later joined Norfolk and Western. current Boyce mayor is Dr J M Casey. Income tax and service station ads are noted in the same piece.
Grover Henshall and Mrs. Homer Alberti faced a mix up as the wrong Buick sedan was towed from Loudoun Street and a stolen car alarm sounded. Both cars were 39 40 Buicks and nearly identical, causing confusion at Heatwale Motor Co. The garage corrected the error and dispatched mechanics to the correct vehicle.
About 200 Strasburg high school pupils left classes in a peaceful protest after Shenandoah County rejected a $200000 school bond issue. The strike prompted a two hour downtown demonstration and plans for further action.
Three hundred seventy nine Protestant and Jewish clergy urge lawmakers to pass a mercy killing bill with safeguards. A petition sent to State legislators advocates allowing physicians to end a suffering patient’s life upon request in incurable cases.
Winchester Ministerial Association began its 1949 program with three winter and spring projects. The Week of Prayer opens Sunday with Dr. Paul Hardin Jr. as speaker at Market Street Methodist Church, noon and 7:45 p m daily through January 14. A city visitation campaign runs March 6–11, and May 15–22 features youth meetings led by Mrs. Mary Welch.
Janey Edgar Davis a former Winchester and Western track foreman recalls laying the Winchester to Wardensville line in 1917 and lifting the Gore to Wardensville section in 1936. He notes 32 years on the railroad with shifts from Gainesboro to Winchester and Western.
Senator Taft and Senator Flanders condemn Truman public housing plan as too big while seven Democrats back an administration bill aiming to provide one million low rent dwellings and additional housing measures funded over decades. The proposal envisions most homes built by private industry with local housing authorities operating units.
Paris reports General Charles DeGaulle predicts he will regain power this year through elections or a shock of incidents. He says the public welfare work began in 1947 and grew into an immense force in 1948, guiding a united France to victory in 1949. He calls for checking the communists and sweeping away smothering parties.
A Philadelphia jury acquitted widow Dorothy Elizabeth Reeves of murdering her sailor husband Leslie Reeves after a brief deliberation. Prosecutors argued she shot him over alleged dishonor involving her sister Peggy Miles. Reeves testified fear of dishonor prompted her actions. The verdict followed testimonies about the night of Sept. 4 and the couple’s return at 6 PM.
Western Europe views Truman's State of the Union as signaling a leftward shift for the United States with socialist overtones. Press across Berlin Brussels and London weigh in, noting comparisons to Roosevelt and calls of liberal or social democratic readouts.
The Far Eastern Commission rejected Soviet demands to condemn Japan's no-strike no-bargaining law for government workers. Ambassador Panyushkin called the rule anti-democratic, noting it covers several million Japanese government and government enterprise employees. The policy, rooted in Gen. MacArthur's occupation authority, began last July.
A coroner's jury found 27 year old Lawrence Beverly Massie died by his own action in the Martinsburg lockup. Police said Massie wandered the suburban street, clutched family trouble, and asked to be left alone before officers removed his belt necktie and shoestrings and he hanged himself with a shirt button strip. Massie had worked at the VA hospital and a Martinsburg restaurant and had previously been jailed on a non support charge. He is survived by his widow two children and a brother Frederick Massie of Winchester.
Three Winchester cold storages report about 380000 bushels of fresh apples in refrigeration. Yorks form bulk of holdings and prices rise toward 3 per bushel as movement remains steady after pre Christmas sales. Virginia and Appalachian totals show shifts in storage and outbound movement across several states.
Temperatures plunged in southern California as three day freeze damages the citrus belt. Early estimates place crop losses at more than 60 million, with 20 million for fruit vegetables and cut flowers across the state. Or chard heating mitigated some damage in spots. The Weather Bureau noted a brief break in cold spell.
Washington says emergency rail freight increases authorized by the ICC will go into effect January 11. Hikes total six percent east of the Mississippi and four percent west, with a five percent rise in Zone 1 western territory. ICC estimates annual railroad revenue gain around 425 million dollars while hearings continue on a longer term 13 percent proposal.
A foreign office spokesman said Israeli army forces established a fortified strongpoint five miles inside Egyptian territory. He reported three anti tank guns are positioned at the site, which is encircled by barbed wire entanglements.
Philip C. Jessup, deputy U S representative on the United Nations Security Council, said he is not despondent about an understanding with the Russians. He noted many questions see broad outside support among 45 nations, despite Russian differences, and expressed optimism for the future of the U N as the channel for international business.
Shenandoah Valley Apple Cider and Vinegar Co paid apple growers a straight 40 cent per hundredweight bonus this season. The bonus augments a base price of 2.25 per hundredweight. Manager J Pinckney Arthur notes the firm's pack totaled 30 percent higher than in 1947.
Rival farm price groups claim President Truman supports their aims as debate over 90 percent parity and flexible price supports intensifies. Senate Agriculture Chair Elmer Thomas calls the message favorable, while Senator Aiken warns parity at 90 percent could trigger a bust. The Goss of the National Grange sees the speech as endorsing flexible supports.
Senate action centers on Elbert Thomas proposal to repeal the Taft-Hartley Act and restore the Wagner Act while preserving the NLRB expansion to five members. He adds new minimum wage and education funding bills and signals a possible two step approach to Wagner Act reinstatement amid GOP doubts and Truman administration pressure.
House Democrats say tax increases will follow after lawmakers frame the spending program. President Truman seeks extending and strengthening the reciprocal trade act. Senator George remains noncommittal on a $4 billion tax hike.
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